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Observatory Access is a room in Phendrana Drifts in Metroid Prime. It is an enclosed cavern with rough rock walls and snow on the floor. The Research Lab Hydra door is found in the floor, and there are piles of crates and a few electric lights near it. The room is protected by a few turrets.

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For no apparent reason, this room contains a scan for the deactivated Crane seen in the Main Quarry of the Phazon Mines. It has a completely black scan image, and the scan target itself is both invisible and placed outside of the room. Despite this, it can be scanned by using speedrunning techniques to get outside of the level.[1]